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Chapter 1 - Surviving their lives

Women’s mental health in context

from Section 1 - The social, genetic and environmental aspects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

By
Jennie Williams  and
Gilli Watson
Edited by
David J. Castle  and
Kathryn M. Abel
David J. Castle
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Kathryn M. Abel
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
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Comprehensive Women's Mental Health , pp. 1 - 13
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